Check barcode tickets with BarcodeChecker

BarcodeChecker is a software to scan and check barcodes
on tickets, invitations and alike. It scans barcodes of various
formats and can be used on Windows PCs with barcode scanners, webcams, Android smartphones or iPhones.

Overview

The admission tickets are scanned at the door and their barcodes are checked for
validity. Each barcode can only be used once to enter and copied tickets are
rejected.

For registered TicketCreator tickets or imported barcodes from an
Excel file, the name of the guest can be displayed when scanning
(welcome function). Moreover, the attendance is
logged and you can show or export an attendance list
at any time.

Option 2: Scan other barcodes (e.g. from Excel file or guest list)

You can use BarcodeChecker also to read and check
other
barcodes with up to 300 digits or letters. Just import the barcodes as an Excel file, CSV file, or text file. This requires
the TicketCreator
Barcode Edition or a license for the BarcodeChecker.
Each event can have up to 30.000 barcodes (more on request).

1.) Create an Excel file with barcodes, which can also
contain names and ticket types. The names are shown when the ticket is
scanned and the ticket types can be used to restrict the access (e.g. accept
only ticket type 'VIP' at door 1).

Barcode scanners

Connect the scanner to a simple PC, laptop or netbook that runs Windows XP,
7, 8 or 10. You can scan barcodes with up to 300 characters in all formats
that can be read by your scanner.

Barcode scanners with cableSimple barcode scanners for linear barcodes with USB or PS/2 adaptors are available from
many shops starting at € 50,-/ $ 60,-/ £ 45,- (e.g. from
ebarcode.com or
thebarcodewarehouse.co.uk). Barcode scanner for QR codes are more expensive.

Wireless barcode scannersYou can also use a wireless
Bluetooth barcode scanner with a USB or
PS/2 adaptor (e.g. the
MS9535 Voyager
for linear barcodes).

Scan
with single scanner

If you use only one scanner just plug it into your PC and start the BarcodeChecker
software.

Scan
with single PC and up to 4 scanners

If you have a single entrance but want to use multiple scanners you can connect up to 4 scanners to 1 PC,
e.g. wireless Bluetooth scanners. The results for the scanners are shown side-by-side on the screen. More...

Scan
with multiple PCs

If you have multiple entrances or want to use multiple PCs you can create a LAN or WIFI network
and connect one scanner to each PC. An internet connection is not required.
More...

Android smartphones, iPhones and iPads

You can also use Android phones
or iPhones/iPads to scan tickets with barcodes or QR codes.
Install the free BarcodeChecker app
and connect the phones to a PC, which runs the BarcodeChecker software as server.
An internet connection is not required. More...

Webcam

You can also use a
webcam to scan the barcode tickets,
however, you must make sure that the
light is sufficient, focus the camera, and deactivate the auto focus. The camera scans 1D
barcodes with up to 200 characters in the formats Code 39/93/128, Interleaved 2
of 5, EAN-8/13, or UPC-A/E. QR codes are not supported by the webcam.

Generally, barcode scanners
are more reliable and easier to use than webcams.

Register participants and log attendance

If you create a BarcodeChecker file, in which each barcode is assigned to a
name, you can also log the attendance of your guest.

For TicketCreator tickets: Use TicketCreator to print
tickets or
name tags with barcodes.
Assign a name to each ticket by first reserving and the printing a ticket,
entering the name when printing, or registering a printed ticket to a name.

For other barcodes: Import the participants/guest list as
Excel file (with barcodes and names). Use for example Microsoft Word to print the barcodes on the name tags or
invitations.
Instruction.

If you have a list of name without barcodes: Start
BarcodeChecker and create a barcode list (use menu 'Extras', 'Create
barcodes'), show it in Excel, and paste it into your name list.
This way every name will have a barcode.

If you have a list of name with barcodes: Use barcodes with up to 200 digits or letters. These can then be read with
the BarcodeChecker software.

Show attendance list at any time, which can later be exported (Excel or text).

Restricted access: Accept only some tickets at a certain entrance

If you use multiple scanners and entrances you can set BarcodeChecker to
accept only tickets of certain sections at each entrance. That can be used to:

Make each section only
accessible through a single entrance.
This is necessary if you use multiple scanners which are notnetworked, because otherwise a
ticket could be use once at each entrance.

Restrict access to certain sections.Example: Create an event with the sections "Exhibition" and "Exhibition +
workshop". The entrance to the exhibition accepts tickets for both sections,
however the entrance to the workshop accepts only tickets for the section
"Exhibition + workshop".

Restrict access of single-day tickets in multi-day events.
Example: Create an event with the sections "Saturday", "Sunday", and
"Weekend". On Saturday you accept only tickets of the sections "Saturday"
and "Weekend", on Sunday only tickets of the sections "Sunday" and
"Weekend".

If you use BarcodeChecker to check other tickets you have the same options as
listed above, if you import the barcodes together with their ticket types.